Raja, other 2G accused face three days of income tax grilling

The income-tax department today interrogated former communications minister A Raja, who is currently in judicial custody over alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation case, an I-T official said.

The I-T team reached the Patiala House Court premises here around 2 pm and questioned the DMK leader. "We are quizzing him regarding his family income," said the official.

The I-T department got permission from a special CBI court in Delhi looking into the case on 21 July to interrogate the six accused in the case currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail - Raja, Swan Telecom director Vinod Goenka, its promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and three Reliance Group officials.

The department earlier moved three separate applications seeking permission to interrogate the accused. Their interrogation would continue till 29 July, the I-T official said.